Our poor home state of South Carolina has a rough time when it comes to national listings. The state ranks poorly in just about every health-related and education listing. Now, this week’s story is that South Carolina is ranked the eighth laziest state, based on such factors as amount of time watching TV, sleeping, working [...]

There are two types of people in this world: early risers and night owls. Early risers are those who jump out of bed before the sun and have accomplished more before 8 a.m. than most people do before lunch. Night owls do their best thinking while watching late-night TV and prefer to let the sunshine [...]

After your keys, probably the second thing you grab when heading out the door is your cell phone. Between our office phones and the ever-present cell phones, we spend a great deal of time well connected. Even though cell phones may give us a more casual feel, that doesn’t mean it’s time to throw good [...]

Hardly a day goes by that you don’t hear the word “Facebook.” Co-workers are talking about something they read on Facebook. Family members are hounding you to post new baby photos to Facebook. And now your boss is asking you to create a Facebook page for the business. Here’s a great blog post from Econsultancy [...]

Video conferencing is an increasingly popular business tool. It’s less of a “nice thing to have” and more of a “this is how we do business.” For companies expanding their presence across the map, it’s a way to have in-person meetings with customers, suppliers and staff without the added travel costs. Other companies embrace it [...]